Frank Redman

Frank Redman was an American cinematographer from the end of the silent era through the 1960s. During his almostyear career, he shot over 60 feature films, as well as several film shorts and serials. In the 1950s, he transitioned to the smaller screen, where he was most well known for his work on the iconic television show, Perry Mason from the end of the 1950s through 1965.

Redman began his career in film as the cinematographer for the 1927 Path Exchange serial, Hawk of the Hills, starring Allene Ray and Walter Miller, and directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. In 1929, Redman shot another serial western, A Final Reckoning, directed by Ray Taylor, this time at Universal Pictures. 1929 also saw Redmans first feature length credit, when the ten episode serial, Hawk of the Hills, was reedited and reissued. During his early years, he was sometimes assisted by another pioneering cinematographer, Linwood G. Dunn. In 1931, Redman began a long association with RKO Pictures, working as one of the cameramen under Edward Cronjager, on the Academy Award winning film, Cimarron. He spent the next several years working as a cameraman for RKO, working on such films as Consolation Marriage, under J. Roy Hunt, which starred Irene Dunne Little Orphan Annie, starring Mitzi Green in the title role, with Jack MacKenzie as the director of photography Bed of Roses , directed by Greg

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